US746311A - Cooling-board. - Google Patents

Description

N0 MODEL.

PATENTED 1330.18, 1903,

A. H.A EMIGH. COOLING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED DEO. 15| 1902.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

No'. 746,311. v PATENTBD DEG. a, 190s.

' A. H. BMIGH.

cooLING BOARD.

. APPLIoATloN FILED Dnc. 1s, 1902.

No MODEL. 2 SHEETS-SHEET rHE NnNms PrrEns CO.. PHom-LITMD.. w/smucon u c un A Patented December 8, 1903.

YPATENT OFFICE.

AARON H.. EMIGH, ion. SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA.

`COOLING-BOARD.

SPEGIFICA-llON forming part of Letters Patent N o. '746,31 1,- dated December 8, 1903.

Application tiled December 15, 1902. Serial Nc. 185,277. (No model.)

Barbara, in the county of Santa Barbara and- State of California, have invented a new and useful Cooling-Board, of which the following -is a specification.

Theinvention relates to certain improvements in apparatus of that classused in a treatment of dead bodies, and has for its vprincipal object to provide a folding table especially adapted .for undertakers use andv which may be folded in small compass for convenience in transportation.

-With this and other objects in view the invention consists inthe novel constructionan'd arrangement of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and` particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportions, size, and minor details of the structure may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cooling-board constructed in accordance with v4the invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the table partially tilted. Fig. 3 is a perspective viewon a somewhat larger scale, showing the table in folded position ready for transportationV or storage. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vsectional elevation of the device. Fig. 5 is a trans-v verse sectional elevation of the same on the` line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts throughout the several Iigures of the drawings. Y

The table is provided ateach end with legs or supporting-standards, each comprising a pair of pivotally-connected members l0 and 11, which may be moved into alinement with eachl other or to positions at a right angle, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The main standard 10 comprises a pair of leg Amembers 12, connected by an upper cross-bar 13 anda lower cross-bar 14, and these two bars are in turn connected together by a centrally-disposed vertical bar 15. The second member 11 of each of the standards comprises a pair of vertical legs 16, having a top cross-bar 17 and one or more angularly-disposed bracing-bars 18. The two members are pivotally connected by a bolt 19, which permits the folding of the member 11 between the legs 12 of the main standard.

The top of the table is composed of two rectangular frames 20 and 21, said frames being pivotally connected or hinged together at 22, so as to permit their folding in parallel relation, as shown in Fig. 3, and at the outer end of each section is secured a transversely-disposed cross-bar 23, which may form a part of the frame to which it is attached. To each bar 23 is hinged a transverse bar 24, which may be moved until its upper face is in alinement with the upper. face of thebar 23, as shown -in Figs-1 and 2, or it may be bent to a position at right anglesthereto, as illustrated in Fig. 3. Each bar 24 is vconnected by a centrally-disposed pivot-pin 25 tothe upper cross-bar 13 of one of the supporting-standards, and 'said bar 24 further carries a semicircular locking-bar 27, arranged on a curved line concentric with the center of the pivotpin '25 and passing through a clipl 28 von the vertical'bar 15 of the standard. The clip 28 is provided with a threaded opening for the cross-bars 30 and provided with depending rack-bars 34, which may be engaged with locking-pins 35 to hold the rest at any desired angle. The back-rest is further provided with a removable head-rest 36 in the form of a curved striphaving a center standard 37, which lmay be screwed or tted in a suitable opening at the end of the back-rest, these devices permitting the adjustment of the body to a position most convenient for the work to he performed. l

At intervals along the sides of the table-` are arranged small loops or eyes 40 for the reception of hooks 4:1, carried by straps 42, which may be used to secure the body in position on the table, the straps being employed to hold the body and allowing the table to be tilted for the convenient removal of the intestines.

To provide a canopy-support, I preferably employ a pair of U-shaped braces 44, which may be clamped in position between the standards and the end of the table proper and form a support for a curtain or canopy, as illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. l.

The apparatus may be folded in small compass by lowering the back-rest to the level of the table and removing` the head-rest, after which the members 17 of the standard are turned into alinement with the main standards l0. The standards are then turned, together with the strips 24, until the standards lie Wholly within the rectangular frame of the tabletop. The rectangular frames are then fold ed together to the position illustrated in Fig. 3.

When folded together, the table occupies otal connection between the cross-bars andk the end strips to thereby permit free swinging movement of the cooling-board between the two standards.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

AARON I-I. EMIGl-I.

Witnesses:

F. F. PIERCE, CLARENCE E. PIERCE.

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